Course Delivery Educational Program Development Onsite Blackboard Training

Overview

Workshop Content

The Educational Program Development workshop for Blackboard Learn™ Course Delivery equips institutions with the knowledge, skills, and planning tools to effectively administer and teach with Blackboard Learn Course Delivery technology.

It incorporates the Course Delivery Essentials training workshop, the Course Delivery Administration training workshop, and the development of custom training and mentoring strategies to assist institutions with their implementation. This service includes

interactive onsite training, a planning session, and a post-training workshop report that outlines key recommendations and a pragmatic action plan for addressing particular implementation issues.

Who Should Attend

Part One: Course Delivery Essentials

Course instructors, course designers, and support personnel using Blackboard Learn™ – Course Delivery module (Release 9.1)

Part Two: Course Delivery GUI Administration

System administrators and support personnel who will be managing and supporting Blackboard Learn™ – Course Delivery module (Release 9.1) Part Three: Program Plan Development

Any user who will be creating, facilitating, managing, and supporting courses and/or sections, as well as system administrators and support staff for Blackboard Learn™ – Course Delivery module (Release 9.1)

Duration

Part One: Course Delivery Essentials

Workshop is approximately 3 days in length Part Two: Course Delivery Administration

Workshop is approximately 1 day in length Part Three: Program Plan Development

Workshop is 1 day in length

Workshop Follow-up and Report Preparation

Remote data analysis and report writing is approximately 1 day in length. Consultant will also schedule a remote meeting to present and discuss the final report.

Part One: Course Delivery Essentials

Module 1: Designing Course Structure

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Identify the key features and core functions of the Blackboard Learn user interface

 Reflect on the different models of learning environments that span the continuum between face-to-face learning and purely distance learning.

 Recognize what makes for clear course navigation and begin planning how you will set up your course to provide clear navigation for students.

Sample Module Topics

 Blackboard Learn Overview

 Basic Navigation

 My Blackboard

 Notifications

 Email vs. Messages

 Cloud Profiles

 Social Learning Tools

 Course Structure, Themes, and Welcome Page

 Course Navigation, Including Task-Based Navigation

 Course Menu

 Course Customization

 Student Preview

 Announcements, Instructor Contact Information

 Calendar

Module 2: Presenting Dynamic Content

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Recognize and demonstrate the range of tools that can be used to create dynamic learning content.

 Identify and practice the methods to enable enhancements to course organization by means of course links, tool links, web links etc.

Sample Module Topics

 Course Organization

 Content Editor

 Video Everywhere

 Accessibility

 Mashups (e.g., YouTube™, SlideShare™, and Flickr™)

 Folders, Learning Modules, and Lesson Plans

 Course Links, Tool links, and Web Links

 Course Files

o Upload Files o Organize o Overwrite

 Achievements

Module 3: Creating and Managing Assignments

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Review the distinctive stages of the assignment creation process.

 Discuss the advantages of rubrics in the assessment process and illustrate their use.

 Identify strategies for deterring plagiarism.

Sample Module Topics

 Creating and Managing Assignments

 Assignment Options

 Creating and Linking Rubrics

 Needs Grading

 Anonymous & Delegated Grading

 Inline Grading

 Download Files

 Group Assignments

 SafeAssignments™

 SafeAssign Reports

Module 4: Creating and Managing Tests & Surveys

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Review the distinctive stages of the assessment creation process.

 Define and discuss the range and benefits of different question types.

 Distinguish between formative and summative assessment methods and relate these to good practice in course design.

Sample Module Topics

 Assessment Cycle

 Auto-Graded and Instructor-Graded Question types

 Creation Settings and Test Deployment Options Along with Student Exceptions

 Grading Tests and Viewing Statistics

 Assessment Item Analysis

 Reusing Questions (Pools, Question Sets, Random Block Tests)

 Surveys

 Question Import

Module 5: Mastering the Grade Center

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Configure the Grade Center to make it easier for students to understand their performance.

 Identify and manipulate the features of the Grade Center to enhance the ability to monitor learner performance.

 Customize the Grade Center to increase instructor efficiency.

Sample Module Topics

 Column Organization

 Columns and Manual Grade Entry

 Display Options and Settings

 Schemas

 Configure Default Total or Weighted Total Columns

 Add Additional Calculated Columns

 Grading Exceptions

Module 6: Monitoring and Retaining Students

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Identify some of the reasons students are not successful in online classes.

 Compare and identify the tools available to enable the monitoring of learner performance that permits timely intervention and retention.

 Relate learner performance to a range of reporting options with particular emphasis on the retention center.

Sample Module Topics

 Tracking Content Access

 Review Status  Adaptive Release  Retention Center  Performance Dashboard  Notifications  Course Statistics

 Student and Course Activity Reports

Module 7: Designing Engaging Discussions

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Identify and discuss the advantages of using discussions within online courses.

 Define the terms discussion board, forum, thread and post.

 Discuss good practice in relation to netiquette guidelines and effective question design.

Sample Module Topics

 Forums, Threads, and Posts

 Options for Organizing Discussions

 Forum Settings and Roles

 Netiquette Guidelines

 Rate, Search, and Tag Tools

 Collect, Filter, Sort, and Print Options

Module 8: Building Communities Online

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Identify ways to best incorporate groups online along with ways to assess group participation or contribution.

 Compare the features of collaborative tools (Blogs, Wikis and Journals).

 Create and administer group activities.

Sample Module Topics

 Groups and Group Sets

 Group Management

 Manual, Random, and Self-Enroll

 Group Communication

 Group Assignments

 Group options for Adaptive Release and Smart Views

 Blogs – Individual, Group, and Course

 Journals – Public and Private

 Wikis – Options for Monitoring Participation and Grading

Module 9: Blackboard Assistance for End Users

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Explore and located information on the Blackboard Help Site.

Sample Module Topics

 help.blackboard.com

Part Two: Course Delivery Administration

Module 10: The Big Three: Users, Courses, and Enrollments

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Navigate the System Administrator panel.

 Demonstrate GUI (Graphical User Interface) options for managing Users, Courses, and Enrollments.

Sample Module Topics

 Blackboard Learn Course Delivery Overview

 Navigating the Administrator Panel

 Users

o Create

o Customize User Information o Manage o System Roles o Course Roles o Privileges  Courses o Create o Manage o Settings o Catalog o Terms  Enrollments o Create o Manage

o Merging Course Enrollments

 Data Integration Options Overview Only

Module 11: Branding and Social Configuration

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

Sample Module Topics

 Branding for Course Delivery Only o Tabs

o Modules

 Gateway Options

 Cloud Management o Cloud Connector o Profiles and Tools o Social Settings o xpLor

Module 12: Tools & Utilities

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Explain the purpose of Building Block functionality and know when to update.

 Configure system wide settings.

 Manage course content.

Sample Module Topics

 Building Blocks o Install

o Manage (Software Updates) o Update

 System-wide Tools and Utilities o Tool Settings o My Blackboard Settings o IP Test Filtering o Achievements o Enterprise Surveys o Cloud Management o Notification Management o Language Pack o Log Files

 Content Management for Course Delivery Only o Persistent Cookies

o Orphan Content o Quota for Course Files

Module 13: Goals & Reporting

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Configure Goals for usage at the course level.

 Describe the reporting capabilities of Blackboard Learn.

 Access and run reports.

Sample Module Topics

 Goals, Sub-Goals, and Categories for Standards Alignments

 Reporting

o System, Course, and Student Activity Reports o Financial Aid Reporting

Module 14: Blackboard Assistance for Administrators

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Explore and located information on the Blackboard Help Site.

 Navigate Behind the Blackboard and manage support tickets.

Sample Module Topics

 help.blackboard.com

Part Three: Program Plan Development

Day 5

Module 15: Planning Session

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

 Explore each of the four topic areas.

Sample Module Topics

 Institutional Needs Discovery

o Identify the Audience Profile: Who is your target audience? What are their skills? Do they have preset notions about e-learning? List technology limits and

resource constraints.

 Discovering Institutional Needs

o Locate and review institution-specific data and needs. Identify audience success prediction.

 Delivery Best Practices

o Explore proven standards for excellence in four areas of presentation skills: Classroom management. Communication skills. Group facilitation. Creative approaches.

 Evaluation Success

o Identify and discuss success metrics. Establish criteria that describe outcomes.

Workshop Follow-up and Report Preparation

Following the training, the consultant will prepare a report outlining key

recommendations and “next steps” for training and support services. More detailed analysis and specific recommendations will be provided for the focus topics identified during the planning session.